"Gamergater" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Alison Novak, Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age",
          "text": "He credits GamerGaters with organizing a revolt against a deeply unsatisfying marketplace by loyal consumers who deserve better.",
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          "text": "Gamergaters have hurt people, and they've driven people out of games.",
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          "text": "\"But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay.\"",
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          "text": "Harassment campaigns using the hashtag #GamerGate claimed, in part, to be a response to ethical shortcomings in games journalism; many Gamergaters criticized what they call “social justice warriors” in the gaming industry […]",
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